Movie Inspiration: The Dressmaker

Photo: Ben King/Broad Green Pictures/Amazon Studios

I recently watched The Dressmaker and I am still thinking about the costumes. I don't want to give anything away, but if you love costuming, 1950s fashion, bold colors, and fabulous textures in textiles, you should watch this movie. One of my favorite aspects of the movie is the way the flashbacks are muted, not just the lighting but the costuming as well. This provides the viewer with a harsh contrast to the current timeline in the movie. Set in the 1950s in Australia, before Myrtle "Tilly" (Kate Winslet) comes to town the inhabitants are drab and pretty basic in textiles - think lots of cottons. After Tilly sets up shop and starts to transform the town's women's wardrobes, we start to see lot of colorful ensembles with silks, chiffons, wools, and patterns. I would love to just write a short analysis of each character's costumes, but maybe sometime in the future just for fun.

Basically if you enjoy costuming in films you should check this movie out!

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